The Face Magazine: Culture Shift

Author(s): Ekow Eshun; Sabina Jaskot-Gill (Editor); Jamie Morgan (Text by); Pete Paphides (Text by)

Fashion & Textiles

The Face Magazine celebrates The Face's most iconic portraits from 1980-2004.  Explore its role in the evolution of style photography and its international and enduring impact on visual culture.  Ground-breaking British youth culture and style magazine The Face established the careers of a generation of photographers, journalists, designers, and models. Known for its distinctive, radical and of-the-minute design and its unflinching attitude, the magazine originally focused on music but branched into fashion and culture more widely, as well as encompassing political and social commentary.  Initially running from 1980-2004, its strong inclusive stance, bold design and experimental approaches to photography feel fresh and relevant today.


The Face Magazine celebrates the magazine's most iconic portraits including Kate Moss, Annie Lennox, Kurt Cobain, Iggy Pop, Snoop Dogg, David Bowie, Ewan McGregor, Madness, The Sex Pistols and Kylie Minogue. It features the voices of some of the key contributors to the original magazine and celebrates the ongoing legacy of the magazine's imagery in British art, design and culture.  It showcases striking and iconic portrait photographs from the likes of Miles Aldridge, Elaine Constantine, Corrine Day, David LaChapelle and Juergen Teller, alongside selected covers and spreads from the original print magazine.

General Information

  • : 9781855145849
  • : National Portrait Gallery Publications
  • : National Portrait Gallery Publications
  • : 20 April 2025
  • : 19 April 2025
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Ekow Eshun; Sabina Jaskot-Gill (Editor); Jamie Morgan (Text by); Pete Paphides (Text by)
  • : Hardback
  • : English
  • : 288